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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Niti favours law hiking minimum fine on polluters from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 crore -Vishwa Mohan

Niti favours law hiking minimum fine on polluters from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 crore -Vishwa Mohan

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published Published on Aug 29, 2017   modified Modified on Aug 29, 2017
-The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has recently ordered closure of many polluting units in Uttar Pradesh and elsewhere, but such a 'drastic' step could soon be the last resort if the government finally legislates a proposed law which imposes heavy fines on violators instead of shutting them down altogether.

The proposed law provides for an increase in the existing penalty from Rs 1 lakh to a minimum Rs 5 crore and imprisonment up to seven years for causing 'substantial' environmental damage. It also has provisions of imposing fine up to Rs 20 crore and extending the imprisonment to life term in certain cases where the polluting industries cause damage to larger areas.

Though the proposed legislation has received the law ministry's nod last year, the environment ministry has, so far, not put it before the Union Cabinet for clearance. Officials in the ministry indicated that the draft still needs to be fine-tuned after incorporating certain suggestions from stakeholders. Though the proposal drew a lot of flak from environmentalists who criticised the 'pollute and pay' principle, the case to have such a law is strengthened by the government's policy think tank Niti Aayog.

The Aayog in its three-year action agenda, released on last Thursday, pitched for change in legislation, arguing that the present mechanism under the existing law (Environment Protection Act, 1986) may often lead to either "drastic action or no action" against violators.

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The Times of India, 29 August, 2017, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/niti-favours-law-hiking-minimum-fine-on-polluters-from-rs-1-lakh-to-rs-5-crore/articleshow/60267593.cms


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